asphyxiate
1.VERB 动词使窒息;使昏厥 If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
【语法信息】：be V-ed
【语法信息】：V-ed
【搭配模式】：usu passive
Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train...
在上周的火车撞车事故中有3人窒息死亡。
John Doe died in his bath, asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas water-heater.
一名男子死于浴室中，死因是吸入燃气热水器中排出的气体导致窒息。
asphyxiation
A post mortem examination found that she died from asphyxiation.
尸检结果发现她死于窒息。
